Patrick Rippee purchased Pat's Union Service, a full service auto repair/gas station, in Berkeley, California in 1978, at the age of 21. The business, located near the U.C. Berkeley campus, became very successful and grew from seven to fifteen employees. Pat's Union Service was a Union76 service station specializing in auto repair and smog inspections. Pat was a California State Smog Inspector licensed by the California State Bureau of Auto Repair and was ASE

Certified in three categories. In 1993, he received Unocal's highest rating of Master Technician.

In 1996, Patrick and his wife, Marjorie, moved to Moab, Utah. His experience in auto repair led to the creation of Arches Repair Center in the heart of downtown Moab. He renovated and landscaped a service station built in the 1950's and opened a successful business with a focus on computer diagnostics.

Patrick is currently an A.S.E. Master Technician certified in eight A.S.E. categories; he has also been granted N.A.D.I. (National Institute of Diagnostics) Certification.

Patrick believes that education is a very important part of the auto repair industry, and helps his excellent staff to stay current on all aspects of technical service by taking classes and having the latest technological equipment available.

In 2002, Arches Repair Center, Inc. was awarded AAA approval. This is the only AAA approved automotive repair shop in S.E. Utah. In receiving this approval, Pat had to achieve and exceed a significant number of stringent criteria. Typically, only one in twenty applicants receive this designation. To receive AAA approval, Arches Repair Center had an overall 93% excellence rating from their customers during a customer survey, which is one of the highest in AAA history.